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Antenatal and newborn screening: laboratory quality assurance

Requirements for the quality assurance of laboratories providing antenatal and newborn screening services by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

From:
NHS England
Published
27 July 2018
Last updated
17 March 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Details

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) quality assures laboratories providing services to the:

  • NHS fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP)
  • NHS infectious diseases in pregnancy screening (IDPS) programme
  • NHS sickle cell and thalassaemia (SCT) screening programme
  • NHS newborn blood spot (NBS) screening programme

This guidance explains the聽UKAS聽requirements and the evidence they will assess.

Updates to this page

Published 27 July 2018
Last updated 17 March 2026 show all updates

  1. Uploaded new spreadsheets with data tab re-added.

  2. Uploaded UKAS laboratory requirements for 2026. The introduction has been updated to replace references to PHE with NHSE.

  3. First published.

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